Tuesday, September 29, 2009

COMMENTS: The Dodgers need one win in their last five games, or one Colorado loss in its last six games, to clinch the NL West. 11 opportunities, and only one has to go the Dodgers' way. And this one won't be it.

No, not with Chad Billingsley on the mound, after his last performance which had a promising start (no ball left the infield until the fourth inning) turned into a disaster on one pitch (a game-tying Ryan Zimmerman three-run HR, leaving Bills with an ND). Not with Manny Ramirez and Casey Blake nursing sore hamstrings. Not with a closer who couldn't take advantage of a three-run lead gift-wrapped to him in the ninth inning on Sunday afternoon. Not with a team who lost three of four in PNC Park, putting them 3-4 on this roadtrip against the majors' worst. Not with a Padre pitcher making the first big-league start of his career.

Nope, it's not going to happen today. Might as well wait until tomorrow.

All the world is a stageand all men and women merley playersthey have their exits and entrancesand one man his time plays many partsHis acts being blow it in th 6th and holy shit can we do anything right???

Finishing the Job: It has something that has escaped us the last half of the season for the most part. Failing to get guys home from third with less than two outs, letting hitters get away with two strikes, allowing two-out runs to come home after getting a tough second out (many of those with the batter having two strikes), or like tonight, via the two-out wild pitch. When we play like this, we lose. And now, as a team, the poor play during the recent road trip, the last 3 games especially, when accomplishing a goal is right in front of them. I don't mind losing, but I hate it when it's because of poor play. It's all so infuriating to me and I wish they would turn it around.